Triple
T2550457
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Way Down East |
E56611
|
entity |
| Predicate | cinematographyBy |
P1953
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Billy Bitzer |
E275534
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Billy Bitzer | Statement: [Way Down East, cinematographyBy, Billy Bitzer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Bitzer Context triple: [Way Down East, cinematographyBy, Billy Bitzer]
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A.
Billy Bitzer
chosen
Billy Bitzer was a pioneering American cinematographer best known for his innovative camera work on early silent films, particularly in collaboration with director D. W. Griffith.
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B.
Conrad L. Hall
Conrad L. Hall was an acclaimed American cinematographer renowned for his innovative visual style and multiple Academy Award–winning work on films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "American Beauty," and "Road to Perdition."
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C.
Gordon Willis
Gordon Willis was an influential American cinematographer, often called the "Prince of Darkness," renowned for his innovative use of shadow and light in films such as The Godfather series and Annie Hall.
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D.
Vilmos Zsigmond
Vilmos Zsigmond was an acclaimed Hungarian-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative, atmospheric visual style in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including his Academy Award-winning work.
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E.
Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland was a pioneering American cinematographer renowned for his innovative deep-focus and lighting techniques, most famously showcased in Orson Welles's film "Citizen Kane."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69ab4a4bfec081908039988ec4c86e28 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd2e930508190a6bc9fc4fa431070 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af5d14a58c819094250ee393f95a37 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.